Bill of Rights Institutewww.billofrights.org
This site has lots of online resources about the Constitution and the founders. An annotated list of key Supreme Court decisions is arranged chronologically within each topic. Great Constitution Day (September 17) resources, including interactive games for students, founding documents, lesson plans and links to relevant news about current events. You can also sign up for free eLessons topics of current interest.
The Founders' Constitutionhttp://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
This searchable online text is a treasure trove of primary source material relating to the Constitution. Includes documents that influenced the founders, plus thoughts, ideas and arguments of the founders themselves. Documents are organized by Article, Clause & Section.
Constitutional Rights Foundationhttp://www.crf-usa.org/
Free online lessons for a variety of topics, including immigration, school violence and community service, as well as those relating to the Constitution.
National Constitution Centerhttp://www.constitutioncenter.org/default.aspx
Great resource from the Annenberg Foundation and the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, including interactive Constitution & timeline, puzzles and games. Lesson plans on a variety of topics, including immigration.
Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource)http://www.consource.org/index.asp
Free, fully-indexed library of constitutional sources. Includes link to lecture by David McCullough on George Washington.
The Week Magazine Websitehttp://www.theweekdaily.com/
A summary of news from domestic and international media. Great for current events.
Center for Civic Educationhttp://www.civiced.org/
Great site for resources relating to democracy & citizenship.
Fact Check for Classroomshttp://factchecked.org/Welcome.aspx
From the Annenberg Foundation, this site focuses on teaching student to be critical consumers of information. Lesson Plans and links to sources where students can do their own fact-checking. Great dictionary of current terms relating to government, economics, politics, etc.
Politopia (Land of the Custom-Made Government)http://www.politopia.com/
Game and information about political labels.
Lehrman American Studieshttp://lehrman.isi.org/teaching_resources/
This site is geared more toward higher education, but has some interesting resources, including videos of lectures on topics related to civics.
This site has lots of online resources about the Constitution and the founders. An annotated list of key Supreme Court decisions is arranged chronologically within each topic. Great Constitution Day (September 17) resources, including interactive games for students, founding documents, lesson plans and links to relevant news about current events. You can also sign up for free eLessons topics of current interest.
The Founders' Constitution http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
This searchable online text is a treasure trove of primary source material relating to the Constitution. Includes documents that influenced the founders, plus thoughts, ideas and arguments of the founders themselves. Documents are organized by Article, Clause & Section.
Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/
Free online lessons for a variety of topics, including immigration, school violence and community service, as well as those relating to the Constitution.
National Constitution Center http://www.constitutioncenter.org/default.aspx
Great resource from the Annenberg Foundation and the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, including interactive Constitution & timeline, puzzles and games. Lesson plans on a variety of topics, including immigration.
Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource) http://www.consource.org/index.asp
Free, fully-indexed library of constitutional sources. Includes link to lecture by David McCullough on George Washington.
The Week Magazine Website http://www.theweekdaily.com/
A summary of news from domestic and international media. Great for current events.
Center for Civic Education http://www.civiced.org/
Great site for resources relating to democracy & citizenship.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Power of Nonviolence http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=326
Fact Check for Classrooms http://factchecked.org/Welcome.aspx
From the Annenberg Foundation, this site focuses on teaching student to be critical consumers of information. Lesson Plans and links to sources where students can do their own fact-checking. Great dictionary of current terms relating to government, economics, politics, etc.
What is Your Civics IQ? http://quiz.isi.org/
Tragedy of the Rabbits Game - Use of common resources http://www.bunnygame.org/about.htm
Politopia (Land of the Custom-Made Government) http://www.politopia.com/
Game and information about political labels.
Lehrman American Studies http://lehrman.isi.org/teaching_resources/
This site is geared more toward higher education, but has some interesting resources, including videos of lectures on topics related to civics.